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Nazca Lines Google Earth

Nazca Lines Google Earth

Google Earth was introduced in 2005 and for the first time in human history the average person suddenly had access to the kind of satellite observation technology that had been restricted to NASA and government security agencies. Since then millions of people have used the software to study the surface of Planet Earth. A favourite subject has been the mysterious and enigmatic Nazca Lines of Peru. Largely located in the arid desert of the Pampas de Jumana between the towns of Nazca and Palpa these huge geoglyphs have intrigued scientists and archaeologists since they were discovered by the American anthropologist, Alfred Kroeber in 1926. As they are really only visible from a few hundred metres above the desert plateau their origin and purpose has puzzled investigators for decades. Theories about the lines and geoglyphs have ranged from extra-terrestrial runways to water-sourcing religious ceremonies. Unfortunately they have been hard to spot. To assist Google Earth travellers, and to correct many incorrect maps, Aquiziam has compiled the most accurate and complete list of Lines and geoglyphs including interactive Google Maps and precise Google Earth ‘latitude and longitude’ co-ordinates.

THE ABOVE MAP IS INTERACTIVE AND MANY OF THE NAZCA & PALPA GEOGLYPHS ARE MARKED FOR YOU TO LOCATE. MAXIMUM ZOOM IS USUALLY REQUIRED TO SEE THE ITEMS CLEARLY. CLICK ON THE COLOURED MARKERS FOR MORE INFORMATION. ZOOM OUT TO SEE ALL LOCATIONS CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED. A FULL LIST OF GOOGLE EARTH CO-ORDINATES IS TABLED BELOW.

REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS:

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NAME OF LINES OR GEOGLYPH

TOWN

GOOGLE EARTH COORDINATES

BEST
DATE

BEST
ALTITUDE

1.

ASTRONAUT / Nazca Astronaut (Spaceman / Priest)

Nazca

14 44’42.71″S 75 4’47.24″W

2010

+/- 750m

2.

BABY CONDOR
(Dinosaur)

14 47’25.74″S 75 0’22.85″W

2010

+/- 670m

3.

CONDOR/ Nazca Condor
(Big Hummingbird)

Nazca

14 41’50.09″S 75 7’34.59″W

2010

+/- 800

4.

DOG
(Chien / Perro)

14 42’23.02″S 75 7’50.84″W

2010

+/- 620m

5.

El HOMBRE
(The Man / Long Coat)

Palpa

14 33’22.16″S 75 10’7.66″W

2010

+/- 750m

6.

EL VIAJERO – West
(Traveller / Mexican / Top Hat)

Palpa

14 35’36.63″S 75 12’17.41″W

2009

+/- 750m

7.

El VIAJERO – East
(The Traveller)

Palpa

14 35’53.88″S 75 10’32.56″W

2005

+/- 700m

8.

FAMILY OF PARACAS
(Nazca Family Group)

Palpa

14 35’31.88″S 75 12’11.11″W

2009

+/- 500m

9.

FERTILIDAD / Fertility
(Old Woman)

Palpa

14 33’22.62″S 75 10’8.34″W

2010

+/- 700m

10.

FISH
(Catfish)

Nazca

Image Not Visible

11.

FLAMINGO
(Heron / Arum / Alcatraz

Nazca

14 41’8.49″S 75 6’49.18″W

2005

+/- 700m

12.

FLOWER
(Spinner)

14 41’37.60″S 75 7’5.38″W

2010

+/- 650m

13.

FRIGATE BIRD – East
(Guaney Bird)

Nazca

14 41’8.55″S 75 6’39.91″W

2010

+/- 700m

14.

FRIGATE BIRD – West
(Guaney Bird)

Nazca

14 41’44.03″S 75 7’36.06″W

2010

+/- 690m

15.

HANDS
(Hands Monster / Small Man)

Nazca

14 41’40.00″S 75 6’50.01″W

2010

+/- 850m

16.

HUMMINGBIRD – Kokos
(Starburst)

Palpa

14 34’46.52″S 75 10’26.28″W

2010

+/-670m

17.

HUMMINGBIRD – Small

Nazca

14 41’31.59″S 75 8’55.90″W

2010

+/-700m

18.

HUMMINGBIRD – Palpa

Palpa

Coordinates Required

19.

IGUANA (Aligator)
(Not Visible/ Damaged)

Nazca

14 41’25.35″S 75 6’57.75″W

N/A

N/A

20.

LA MUJER
(The Woman)

Palpa

Coordinates Requires

21.

LIZARD – Gheko
(Hard to see / Split by Road)

Nazca

14 41’34.47″S 75 6’49.67″W

2010

+/-750m

22.

LLAMAS
(Very Small)

Nazca

14 42’29.95″S 75 9’3.45″W

2010

+/-560m

23.

LOBSTER
(Located 2010 by Japanese

Nazca

Coordinates Unavailable

24.

MANDALA – Square
(Compass / Star )

14 38’39.67″S 75 10’17.39″W

2010

+/-900m

25

MANDALA – Circles
(Compass)

Nazca

14 38’38.72″S 75 10’15.71″W

2010

+/-720m

26

MONKEY/ New World Monkey
(El Mono / Singe)

Nazca

14 42’24.93″S 75 8’18.40″W

2010

+/-730m

27.

MONSTER – Palpa Monster
(Shark II)

Palpa

14 31’26.91″S 75 11’58.93″W

2009

+/-750m

28.

MUSHROOM
(Partial Bird)

14 41’52.67″S 75 8’7.11″W

2010

+/-680

29.

NEEDLES
(Nazca Town Zigzag)

Nazca

14 50’11.80″S 74 54’6.90″W

2010

+/-1.5km

30.

ORCA
(Shark / Sea Monster)

14 40’42.80″S 75 5’53.97″W

2010

+/-950m

31.

PARROT / Le Perroquet
(Ant / Dragonfly / Loro)

Nazca

14 41’21.95″S 75 6’26.81″W

2010

+/-1.1km

32.

PELICAN – North
(Eagle & Trident)

Palpa

Coordinates Required

33.

PELICAN – South
(Often confused with Condor & Flamingo)

Nazca

Coordinates Required

34.

SEAWEED – 1 Example of 5
(Sea Plant / Agae)

14 41’24.13″S 75 7’21.71″W

2010

+/-1km

35.

SHELLS / Sea Shells
(Delta / Wing)

Nazca

14 40’49.20″S 75 6’1.73″W

2010

+/-830m

36.

SPIDER
(Arana / Araignee / Spion)

14 41’38.88″S 75 7’20.57″W

2010

+/-700m

37.

SPIRAL – Primary Large

Nazca

14 41’17.77″S 75 7’21.93″W

2010

+/-830m

38.

SPIRAL – Primary Small

Nazca

14 41’22.71″S 75 8’17.91″W

2010

+/-710m

39.

SPIRAL IN SQUARE

Nazca

14 39’27.31″S 75 6’52.84″W

2010

+/-720m

40.

SPIRAL & DIVIDERS

14 41’19.55″S 75 6’57.64″W

2010

+/-1.5km

41.

SPIRALS – INTERLINKED
(Infinity)

Palpa

14 31’7.60″S 75 11’23.00″W

2010

+/-815m

42.

SPIRAL – Tears
(Tears of the Nazca)

14 50’19.48″S 74 55’2.99″W

2010

+/-850m

43.

STAR
(Fan / Starburst)

Nazca

14 41’27.64″S 75 8’40.80″W

2010

+/-700m

44.

TRAPEZOIDS – Famous

14 47’53.51″S 75 3’21.38″W

2010

+/-1.5km

45.

TREE
(Huarango Tree / Tree of Life)

Nazca

14 41’37.83″S 75 6’51.79″W

2010

+/-750m

46.

TUMI – KNIFE
(Arrow / sword)

Palpa

14 31’57.84″S 75 12’46.51″W

2010

+/-700m

47.

STRANGE SYMBOLS
(Unlisted Geoglyphs)

Palpa

14 38’30.73″S 75 5’50.20″W

2010

+/-950m

48.

WHALE
(Ballena)

14 49’0.03″S 74 59’40.89″W

2010

+/-780m

GRAFFITI (NAZCA & PALPA) Samples Only

1.

APRA 85

Palpa

14 31’30.40″S 75 11’49.62″W

2010

+/- 750m

2.

COG – East

Palpa

14 31’52.37″S 75 10’10.41″W

2010

+/- 870m

3.

COG – West

Palpa

14 31’50.49″S 75 12’32.84″W

2010

+/- 800

4.

NARANJA / Logo

Palpa

14 31’15.37″S 75 11’10.34″W

2010

+/- 620m

5.

PEACE SYMBOL

Nazca

14 40’7.14″S 75 7’56.37″W

2010

+/- 750m

The lines and geoglyphs also include the Palpa Geoglyphs located further to the north and the spirals south of Nazca.

The lines in Google Earth are spread out over a large area roughly 55 kilometres in length.

The Paracas Candelabra is not a Nazca geoglyph even though it is often shown as one.

Not all the geoglyphs are old. Enterprising locals and irresponsible tourists have added to the original lines and designs. These include the Palpa Logo and the Palpa Peace Symbol (2009).

There is quite a lot of modern graffiti – particularly words and dates.

Some of the designs are obscured by other lines, tyre tracks from cars and even modern roads.

The maps provided by local travel agencies and charter airlines are often very inaccurate.

Most of the geoglyphs are very much smaller than maps and charts suggest from the size of their drawings.

Not all of the geoglyphs can be seen with clarity on Google Earth.Some of the creatures on the Nazca plains have several different names which can lead to confusion. (See full list of Nazca Geoglyphs below)

Photographs found on the internet often have the wrong names attached to them and photos uploaded to Google Earth by Panaramio users are often in the wrong locations.

Quite a lot of books and websites state that is impossible to create a ‘Nazca Image or line without sophisticated equipment. This simply isn’t true. Although some of the images are large, marking out a design and scraping away the upper layer of soil and pebbles is actual both quick and easy and does not require modern surveying equipment.

Although the Nazca lines and geoglyphs are best viewed from the air and Google Earth there are several natural vantage points from which the lines can be seen. In addition, a fair number of the Geoglyphs are on the sides of hills and can be clearly seen from the ground.

If you know of any meaningful Nazca geoglyphs that have been missed, please email us with the name of the figure and its location in Google Earth. The same applies to the co-ordinates for the Palpa Hummingbird, the Lobster, The Nazca Pelican, the Palpa Pelican (Egret) and the Palpa figure known as La Mujer. The lines and geoglyphs must be visible in either Google Earth or Google Maps. Any help is to keep improving this list is very much appreciated.

Travellers Be Aware:

If taking a ‘package tour’ of the Nazca lines it is very important to make sure you know what you will be getting. Some people have been very disapointed with the high prices and short air trips over the geoglyphs. Local maps are often inaccurate and pilots have a habit of sometimes just making up names for the desert images.

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